There was so much power behind her elbow, that when it met nothing, Rose actually fell over Junko, making it appear like the sweep actually worked. Except she took the momentum of her body and rolled over the shinigami.

She landed on her feet, practically pushed there by Junko herself. She stood up and readied to grab Junko if she chose to come after her immediately. Waiting for Junko to face her to grab her, or raise her hands to attack, which then she had a surprise planned..

Junko always paid attention the momentum of combat, she notice that her sweep attack worked, testing the targets skill, but there was hardly any resist, she knew that something was up, her sweep attack wasn't what knocked her over, as she came up to strike the hollow, she deiced to not carry out and attack, but to counter and see what this hollow was planning, She moved into the upward movement basically pushing the hollow back up, and actually decided to attempt to grab her arm and shoulder flip her back onto the ground, and follow up with an attack if there is an opening, Junko was walking through the motions.....trying to gauge her opponent.

Rose saw Junko go for an attack, and instead of taking it, she resisted. She slipped out of her grip, only to grab her hand. She then grabbed Junko's other wrist, and stepped in the last bit before throwing her head back, and forward. Thrusting her forehead into Junko's head. The headbutt was an attempt to daze, and she would try to push the shinigami right off the roof if she succeeded. If not, she would jump back to get some distanced between them finally.

Description: A thin layer of Rose's numbing pink poison laces Toxico's blade, sealed or released.Effect: This poison is less concentrated than an actual injection, and instantly numbs the nerves of the wound it lands. The receiver of this attack doesn't even realize they've been attacked until feeling comes back three posts later, they see the wound, or depending on the severity of the wound, bleed out.

Junko figured the hollow would try see who is the stronger one, sadly for the hollow Junko knew this answer, she broke through the hollows grip and sheathed her sword, she would counter grapple back on

instead of the hollow headbutting Junko, she would head butt the hollow first aimed toward the nosethen waist flip her over her side with one hand. if she was skilled she would go with the flip with it, if not, she would break a normal beings wrist.......a hollow, who knows....

Junko hands had the hollows wrist down unto the side and already twisted, overpowering Junko's grappling power will ever soon become clear to the hollow as imposable, she actually enjoyed this fight.....its like sparing with a soul reaper, but a hollow that will kill you instead....

If the flip follows through, Junko will stomp her in the gut, and bring her sword to the ready to strike the hollow in the chest, Junko has no time for games.

The force of the rebound headbutt could he beard through both heads as something cracked. It was unclear what.. But there was a good guess that it was Rose's nose. There was no pained sound though, no grunt, not a peep from the hollow as she is grabbed, thrown, and lands hard on her back. There was a twist of her wrist, but no breaking there. A glance at her face didn't even show pain..

And yet, and ear piercing scream was heard.. It shot out from now where, yet somewhere. Somewhere very close to Junko. It only seemed to get louder the longer it continued. And right in her ear!

Cero Pesadilla(Superior):

A powerful cero that emits a loud scream when charging up. While requiring a substantial time to charge, this cero is designed to slice through reiatsu with relative ease and impact directly against the target's reiryoku. Its black with a white-outline colored beam spins in a circle as it speeds to its target. When it impacts against a target's reiryoku, it destroys part of it, permanently weakening the target for the remainder of the fight. ~Product of Quantum_Rain~

Description: A thin layer of Rose's numbing pink poison laces Toxico's blade, sealed or released.Effect: This poison is less concentrated than an actual injection, and instantly numbs the nerves of the wound it lands. The receiver of this attack doesn't even realize they've been attacked until feeling comes back three posts later, they see the wound, or depending on the severity of the wound, bleed out.

Junko groaned at the loud scream...and then, stomped the hollow in the gut again..........and then drooped onto her stomach and mounted her in a submissive hold (The Hold)

Junko Attempts to mounting the small hollows 5 5" frame with her 5 9 Frame with 30 pounds extra weight in muscle...Junko made idle chattered while attempted to snuggled the hollow for life,"Whatever type of new ability that is, I bet it comes from either your mouth or your hands..........

Junko doesn't want to be at range with this hollow, if she is allowed to play the range game with her cero's Junko is in trouble.....the last cero was powerful, she cant imagine what else this thing has......

Junko groaned ....at the screaming...... "If you don't stop that noise, I will choke you to death."

The screaming was drowning out all kinds of noises now. But none of them were Rose.. As she said nothing, just concentrated on charging her cero. Taking the blow and then being grappled. And even though the girl had her pinned up tight. Rose was not as helpless as she thought. She merely needed to twist her hand around and grab a large handful of her thigh.

Or down to grab the calf.

But instead she slaps Junko's binding thigh. And since her cero only needed to to transfer, there was no escaping it as the Cero Pesadillia explodes in her hand and takes a big chunk out of Junko. The pain was enough... Something so powerful and so crippling should have been enough. Something that perhaps only Vizards ever felt..

But it was also a direct attack on her reiryoku. And that had to be REALLY painful.

Description: A thin layer of Rose's numbing pink poison laces Toxico's blade, sealed or released.Effect: This poison is less concentrated than an actual injection, and instantly numbs the nerves of the wound it lands. The receiver of this attack doesn't even realize they've been attacked until feeling comes back three posts later, they see the wound, or depending on the severity of the wound, bleed out.

Junko even through the loud screaming, eventually could feel the enrgy building in the base of the hollow's hand, and knew something was wrong the moment her arm reached out to grab at junko's leg.

as soon as junko noticed this she released her hold on the hollow rolling off to the side while attempting to kick the arm reaching toards her with all her strength to throw its aim off enough to miss Junko.

Junko had no idea what to expect other then hollow + charging = huge attack.........

Junko would feel the heat of the cero, attempting to burn her skin and more.. But it missed her as it was launched. Barely. When the shinigami left her alone, Rose Sonido'd away, to another roof. In the opposite direction the quincy. But free of the grapple, she looked back in the direction of the destroyed building to see that the little girl from before has vanished..

If this displeased her, no one could tell.

She glanced at Junko after that. But seemed even less interested in this thing. She turned her back to her and began to walk away.

Description: A thin layer of Rose's numbing pink poison laces Toxico's blade, sealed or released.Effect: This poison is less concentrated than an actual injection, and instantly numbs the nerves of the wound it lands. The receiver of this attack doesn't even realize they've been attacked until feeling comes back three posts later, they see the wound, or depending on the severity of the wound, bleed out.

Junko met the sonido with her own shunpo she went in front of the hollow about 50 meters from her and then spokle to the hollow, "Why are you here, and who are you?,are you responsible for the deaths of all the hollows and soul reapers in this city?"

Junko kept her distance her sword at her side held in her hand, ready for anything.

Junko couldn't see it, but Evan stood between the two of them. His foot on the ledge of the building Rose was on. "Looks like you have yourself a new shinigami friend, Rose."

Lilith was closer to Junko, so close that if she weren't just a figment of Rose's mind, Junko would feel a dress brush against her leg. "Great.. Is this one going to follow us around like a lost puppy, or is she more likely to damage you even more Rose."

"Easy Lilith... Too many shots at Akumu, and you might get pricked by Lilttle Rose's thorns." Evan mused, then turned back to Rose. "Apparently there have been a string of disappearances. I bet she thinks the fact that there is such a strong hollow in the city.. That you must have gotten stronger by consuming them all." The male piece said to Rose before crossing his arms and looking back at Junko.

In the meantime, Rose said nothing. She did stop. And she was too hard to read, but a splay of options were before Junko. She could be judging the girl before her. She could be deciding on what to eat later. She could be debating on actually answering the girl in front of her. Or she could be thinking of what a waste of time this was turning out to be. But she did not respond. Just stood there, letting the slightly ragged cloak close around her and make her decent.

Junko would notice the eyes of the hollow looking from the spot at the ledge, to Junko's left, and back to the vacant spot on the roof. "Why would she think that?" Rose finally spoke, and not even to Junko. To what seemed to be air.

"Well.. Hollows do consume the souls and spirits of others for their power. But it wasn't you, because a Gillian would have been much harder to miss than your current form." He explained, looking at the shinigami in front of them. Lilith coiled around her like a snake..

Description: A thin layer of Rose's numbing pink poison laces Toxico's blade, sealed or released.Effect: This poison is less concentrated than an actual injection, and instantly numbs the nerves of the wound it lands. The receiver of this attack doesn't even realize they've been attacked until feeling comes back three posts later, they see the wound, or depending on the severity of the wound, bleed out.

Junko just stood there, waiting for a reply, she understood quiet-ness very well she just stood their patiently waiting a reply, no foul or mean expression on her face at all she, "I have been assigned by squad five to investigate missing soul reapers, if your not the one killing them, then who is?"

Junko's hair just dangled in the cool air breeze, "I know your not a normal hollow, you are in control of your actions... no? thus why are you here?"

Rose continued to stare at what appeared to be nothing, thinking. Calmly.. If everything else Akumu had done to Rose was horrible, surely the fact that now she was a good fighter, a good hollow, and someone who thinks, was enough to balance that out. Right?

She turns to the shinigami after absorbing the information, that was literally in her head, and put her eyes right on Junko. There was an intimidation to staring into eyes that were void of emotions.. They barely caught the light in her pose, making them look dull. But she could see very clearly. "I just arrived last night, I have no information for you." She spoke. Her voice just as emotionless as her face. She remained still, expecting the girl to rush off to do something else.

Description: A thin layer of Rose's numbing pink poison laces Toxico's blade, sealed or released.Effect: This poison is less concentrated than an actual injection, and instantly numbs the nerves of the wound it lands. The receiver of this attack doesn't even realize they've been attacked until feeling comes back three posts later, they see the wound, or depending on the severity of the wound, bleed out.

Junko nods "That is alright, however it is my duty to protect this city, You understand I will have to ask you to leave correct, If you don't I will follow you around, and it will be worse then a lost puppy dog."

Junko sighed inside internally, if this battle carried forward she will have to use her shikai, but her zanpakuto wants her to say it in Norse.......just the right way, and language she hardly knows, but her zanpakuto insists she learns.

Description: A thin layer of Rose's numbing pink poison laces Toxico's blade, sealed or released.Effect: This poison is less concentrated than an actual injection, and instantly numbs the nerves of the wound it lands. The receiver of this attack doesn't even realize they've been attacked until feeling comes back three posts later, they see the wound, or depending on the severity of the wound, bleed out.

Lilith followed near Junko. "I think the cat was a more cute shadow." She stated, looking the shinigami over from her position, which was on Junko's right. "At least we have a traveling companion."

"If you can consider your immortal enemy a traveling companion." Evan spoke around Junko, at Lilith, walking half the distance between Rose and her shadow. "I disagree, by the way, I bet she is better company than the cat."

"Careful Evan, one might think you have the hots for a shinigami." Lilith said, leaning in in a very bratty way, with the smuggest face a fragment can have.

"Highly unlikely... Seeing what I am.." Evan again hinted at the self awareness he had.. But his words were too faint for Lilith to hear. And too unreal for Junko to. He wasn't sure if Rose could hear, or what she thought of the situation if she did.

Rose had been listening, to both the real and unreal, as equally as can be. But she didn't respond to either. 'Why?' want' a clear enough question.. And Rose didn't talk much.

She came to the ledge of the roof, stopped, looked down at what was going on below, and then walked across the invisible bridge that connected the two buildings. She wondered now, if she'd find anything to bring back to Akumu.

Description: A thin layer of Rose's numbing pink poison laces Toxico's blade, sealed or released.Effect: This poison is less concentrated than an actual injection, and instantly numbs the nerves of the wound it lands. The receiver of this attack doesn't even realize they've been attacked until feeling comes back three posts later, they see the wound, or depending on the severity of the wound, bleed out.

alessandra left her hotel room, headed back towards the last known area of the other 2 fighters, her ribs hurting but easily manageable with the opiates in her system, scaling a large apartment complex she deployed the first of her 5 ginto tubes, before heading to the next firing position, and repeating the possess, carefully setting her traps in such a way that she had a shot on each position from another.

before coming to a halt at the top of the original apartment building laying down she began scouring the area with her rifle hoping to catch a glimpse of one of the two fighters.

Junko got slightly annoyed at the situation, the hollow clearly didn't understand that what she was saying was not a choice, Junko movement and voice and face didn't not display this....but her sword handle started glowing...will protect..........rang threw her made.......junko's reshi started flaring up slowly and slowly as she followed the hollow

The hollow continued to casually walk across each building. Following her whims on where to go. Left here, left here, right here. She found herself standing on the edge of a building, looking down at the massive amount of people gathering in a large open area of the city. It wasn't the center of the civilization point, but there must have been a lot of reasons for so many to hover..

Evan waited for a while, by Rose side as usual. He was looking over at the shinigami, observing. Observing hard and to the point, that Junko might even feel like she was being watched. By who.. Well it could be as simple as another spirit, the sniper that was unknown to them all, or the figment at the hollow's side. "She doesn't seem to be happy with your decision to stay." He says to Rose.

"She will get over it." Rose replied. To Junko the words were random.

"Her sword is glowing." She half warned, half yawned. She was bored of this walk, as she was sure Junko was.

"I noticed." Again, without the other half of the conversation, the words were almost random.

"We all can feel the growing power behind it." Evan spoke again. Like Lilith was an idiot. She shot him a dirty look. "Maybe if you talked to her about something, she'd calm down? Ask her about the disappearances. I'm curious."

"You usually are." Rose said, still looking away from Junko.. She finally looks over at her, but there was no interest in her voice as she asked, "Are you willing to talk about those missing people you mentioned earlier?" She was facing Junko with her side, but her face was turned to look at her directly. She was calm, unfazed by the glowing weapon in the shinigami's hand. She still has yet to draw her own.

Description: A thin layer of Rose's numbing pink poison laces Toxico's blade, sealed or released.Effect: This poison is less concentrated than an actual injection, and instantly numbs the nerves of the wound it lands. The receiver of this attack doesn't even realize they've been attacked until feeling comes back three posts later, they see the wound, or depending on the severity of the wound, bleed out.

Alessandra picked up on a small spike of reishi in the distance, a whole 2.3 kilometers out. that was a far stretch for her abilities still she scoped in on the spike and saw both the shinigami and the other figure talking.

this was alarming for alessandra who looked through her scope trying to make out what was being said between the two.

Junko nods, her power still idly growing, "many soul reapers have reported contact with hollows as normal, however neither the hollow nor them have been found." .......Junko sword was still at her side down her leg, similarly idle like the rest of her body during her walk to folllow the hollow at her set medium distance......to be ready for any surprise cero's......."My Captain Asuna Shiraiyuki of squad five sent me here to figure out why". Junko power spiked for a brief period when she said that name, "She gets what she wants, always"

Whatever Rose's thoughts were to this new information was hidden. She looked quickly to someone who wasn't there, wondering if that satisfied Evan. It didn't. He of course urged her to ask more. Again, whatever she was feeling for this, was hidden. She looked back at Junko. "And you have no leads? You thought it was me.. But other than that."

Description: A thin layer of Rose's numbing pink poison laces Toxico's blade, sealed or released.Effect: This poison is less concentrated than an actual injection, and instantly numbs the nerves of the wound it lands. The receiver of this attack doesn't even realize they've been attacked until feeling comes back three posts later, they see the wound, or depending on the severity of the wound, bleed out.

Alessandra watched, carefully, her scope set at the base of the shinigami's skull. her finger however was not on the trigger she estimated that at this range a shot would be in the air for almost a second.

"heh.... if this were my old rifle i wouldn't be able to even attempt this" she muttered to herself as she watched junko and the hollow.

"of course they are in it together. kill the quincy then go back to being enemies." she spat with disgust.

Junko shrugs with her voice, "It may be a coincidence,........no matter who, they are responsible and will come with me or die or never step foot in this city again as long as I and my Captain live"

Junko tone remain professional and informative, and showed signs that she didn't hate the hollow, but she had a duty.

I am judge jury executioner of this city, I choose who is guilty and who dies, You can hunt all the hollows you want, stop their souls from being reborn until you die, But you will not take soul reapers or any humans souls alive or in transition, Do you understand?

Rose stared at the shinigami as she rambled off how she was law in this town. Or perhaps it was just this section of the town. She stared blankly as Junko spoke flatly about how the hollows in this town weren't special to her, but would frown upon any attacks made on the humans. When she was asked if she understood, she replied simply with, "No." Despite the full comprehension of what she was talking about, and turned away from her, before moving along, in the unknowing opposite direction of the quincy. She walked on air as she stepped away, but none of the shinigami's precious humans would see her.

Description: A thin layer of Rose's numbing pink poison laces Toxico's blade, sealed or released.Effect: This poison is less concentrated than an actual injection, and instantly numbs the nerves of the wound it lands. The receiver of this attack doesn't even realize they've been attacked until feeling comes back three posts later, they see the wound, or depending on the severity of the wound, bleed out.